Indy's Canvas Drawstring Bag

Indy pulls a small plain canvas drawstring bag from his jacket pocket in the domed sanctuary. He scoops loose dirt from the altar floor, packs it tightly to match the jeweled idol's weight, cinches the strings shut, and sets it on the pedestal as a decoy during the swap. Satipo watches closely as the bag holds the weight briefly before the pedestal drops and mechanisms rumble to life.

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Purpose

Holds packed dirt to mimic the golden idol's weight on the pedestal, delaying trap activation during the theft.

Significance

Enables Indy's precise idol swap but fails to fully counter the temple's balance trap, sparking the mechanism's awakening and forcing immediate flight amid betrayal risks.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

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S1E1 · RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

The Idol Swap — Temple Awakens

Indy's small canvas drawstring bag is the decoy device: removed from his jacket, filled with scooped dirt to approximate the idol's weight, and placed on the polished pedestal to replace the idol and test whether the mechanism will be triggered by weight alone.

Before: Tucked in Indy's jacket pocket, empty and unused.

After: Filled with altar dirt, placed on the pedestal, then displaced downward five inches when the mechanism activates.

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